Feb. 23, 2025
893. Forget Perfect—Lead Anyway
Think leadership is about having it all figured out? Think again. In this episode, I break down a powerful passage from the Tao Te Ching that flips the script on what it really means to lead.
You don’t need to be perfect. You don’t need a title. You just need to show up and serve as an example. If you’ve been holding back because of self-doubt, this one’s for you.
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Transcript
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1. Let's get it.
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This morning.
00:00:02.759 --> 00:00:13.390
I read from the Tao Te Ching and Dow is spelled Tao Te Ching . Well, I guess Tao Te Ching should be spelled that way.
00:00:14.048 --> 00:00:15.089
And it's number 58.
00:00:15.089 --> 00:00:17.939
And I really like reading this.
00:00:18.059 --> 00:00:22.048
Um, they're just, I mean, they're one page passages.
00:00:22.048 --> 00:00:31.454
And sometimes these messages that are there, some days I read it, I read out of it and I, You know, I just, all right, well, I read it for the day and I go on to something else.
00:00:31.454 --> 00:00:36.005
And then some days are one of those, wait, what did I just read kind of moments.
00:00:36.005 --> 00:00:37.664
And that was one of these today.
00:00:37.945 --> 00:00:47.094
And I've read this book several times and sometimes I'll have a bookmarked or highlighted, I didn't highlight anything on this in years past.
00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:48.100
I don't know.
00:00:48.100 --> 00:00:49.500
I just glazed right over it.
00:00:49.750 --> 00:00:52.189
And it's funny, this is why I like random reading.
00:00:53.250 --> 00:00:58.109
Reading something new every day is because you're in different seasons in your life.
00:00:58.575 --> 00:01:04.905
And just because you may have read something in years past doesn't mean that you really absorbed it.
00:01:04.924 --> 00:01:07.685
And today, this is what I absorbed.
00:01:07.694 --> 00:01:16.254
So let me read it to you first, and then what I'm going to do is I'm going to go back and, and unpack this or riff what it, what it actually means to me.
00:01:16.953 --> 00:01:17.814
Here's what it says.
00:01:17.844 --> 00:01:22.185
If a country is governed with tolerance, the people are comfortable and honest.
00:01:22.844 --> 00:01:27.155
If a country is governed with repression, the people are depressed.
00:01:27.655 --> 00:01:35.165
And crafty when the will to power is in charge, the higher the ideals, the lower the results.
00:01:35.775 --> 00:01:39.515
Try to make people happy and you lay the groundwork for misery.
00:01:39.905 --> 00:01:43.555
Try to make people moral and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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Thus the master, which is you.
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If when you master the, the, the data Ching, the, the, the Dow is the way.
00:01:52.545 --> 00:01:54.474
That's, that's basically what it means.
00:01:55.004 --> 00:02:00.295
And so when you're just living the way, it's a totally different concept.
00:02:00.305 --> 00:02:08.025
So thus the master, which is you, is content to serve as an example and not impose her will.
00:02:08.334 --> 00:02:16.935
She is pointed, but does not pierce, straightforward, but supple, radiant, but easy on the eyes.
00:02:17.500 --> 00:02:20.650
So let me unpack this a little bit and how I see it.
00:02:20.979 --> 00:02:24.060
And if you see it a little bit different way, man, I'd love to hear from you on this.
00:02:24.650 --> 00:02:25.930
So here's the thing.
00:02:25.990 --> 00:02:27.908
Leadership is often misunderstood.
00:02:28.329 --> 00:02:37.800
And people think that a leader has to be perfect, that they got to have everything figured out, but leadership isn't about control at all.
00:02:38.620 --> 00:02:43.680
It's not about forcing people to follow your standards, and it's not even about being right.
00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:51.729
Leadership is serving as an example, and this is where most people get stuck.
00:02:52.889 --> 00:02:57.560
They don't step up because who knows you better than you?
00:02:57.788 --> 00:02:59.278
You know all of your own flaws.
00:03:00.264 --> 00:03:12.794
You remember your mistakes, you remember all your missteps, your miscues, your misfires, all of your promises yet were broken, all of your commitments yet were shattered.
00:03:13.813 --> 00:03:16.724
You know, all of your failures, you know, all of your scars.
00:03:17.784 --> 00:03:24.664
And so the minute you start leading and leadership is just improving.
00:03:25.905 --> 00:03:28.884
The minute you start improving, you shrink back.
00:03:30.659 --> 00:03:35.069
And you discount yourself and you say, who am I to lead?
00:03:36.650 --> 00:03:43.099
But you gotta ask yourself this question, who better to help than the person you once were?
00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:45.439
That's what leadership is.
00:03:45.949 --> 00:03:47.750
Leadership is growth.
00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:50.419
Leadership is progress.
00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:53.750
It's a movement forward.
00:03:54.349 --> 00:03:58.129
And even if it's just you, you're still a leader.
00:03:58.754 --> 00:04:01.974
Because you're leading yourself to improvement.
00:04:03.264 --> 00:04:04.324
So have you screwed up?
00:04:04.884 --> 00:04:05.274
Good.
00:04:05.914 --> 00:04:08.463
That means that you've learned flawed.
00:04:08.745 --> 00:04:09.623
Yes, indeed.
00:04:09.965 --> 00:04:17.024
Welcome to the human race, but you've also made progress and you forget about that.
00:04:17.365 --> 00:04:25.723
You've led yourself out of who you once were and that alone sets the framework for others to actually follow.
00:04:26.624 --> 00:04:27.194
Leadership.
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Isn't about making other people follow you.
00:04:30.283 --> 00:04:32.244
It's about being an example.
00:04:33.043 --> 00:04:38.233
The Tao says the master is content to serve as an example.
00:04:39.103 --> 00:04:40.634
And here's what's freeing about this.
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When you're serving as an example, you don't have to live up to anyone else's standards.
00:04:46.473 --> 00:04:48.254
You don't have to fake perfection.
00:04:48.514 --> 00:04:50.584
You don't have to force anyone to change.
00:04:50.774 --> 00:04:52.543
You just live what you're learning.
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That's what my bio says on my Twitter.
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Living what I'm learning.
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Or X. Living what I'm learning.
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That's it.
00:05:01.853 --> 00:05:03.913
Back to the Tao pointed.
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but does not pierce.
00:05:06.444 --> 00:05:07.254
You're sharp.
00:05:07.653 --> 00:05:13.334
You have direction, but you don't stab others because they're not following your path.
00:05:13.374 --> 00:05:14.434
You don't even judge them.
00:05:14.744 --> 00:05:15.874
You're serving.
00:05:16.494 --> 00:05:17.435
As an example?
00:05:17.444 --> 00:05:21.293
Straightforward, but supple supple means flexible.
00:05:21.983 --> 00:05:27.314
So you're not saying one thing and then talking behind people's back and another.
00:05:27.673 --> 00:05:29.574
No, you're straightforward.
00:05:29.663 --> 00:05:37.245
You speak the truth with compassion, with love, but you're also flexible.
00:05:37.394 --> 00:05:38.165
You're not rigid.
00:05:38.654 --> 00:05:41.744
You can see things other people's way, even though you may not live that way.
00:05:41.774 --> 00:05:42.564
That's cool.
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That's your way.
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That's fine.
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I'm good with that because I'm serving as an example.
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I want to live my truth.
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It's as simple as that.
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You're radiant.
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But easy on the eyes.
00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:04.519
You carry strength, but not in a way that overpowers or pushes people away.
00:06:05.660 --> 00:06:07.009
You live what you're learning.
00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:07.949
That's it.
00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:09.850
That's what leadership is.
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Life is simple, man.
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It is.
00:06:13.038 --> 00:06:15.009
It's not easy, but it's simple.
00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:19.319
But we complicate things because we're trying to meet other people's expectations.
00:06:20.733 --> 00:06:31.454
Instead of being just who we are, serve as an example, serve as an example, even on the days when you fail, even on the days when you don't get it right.
00:06:31.875 --> 00:06:35.134
That's why I've never been hung up on podcast downloads.
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I've had moments of discouragement.
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Absolutely.
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You know what it's like to just pour your heart and soul and get like two downloads.
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Three, early on, man, back in 2017, man, I would get like three downloads, maybe four, two of them were for me listening on different platforms.
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I don't know who the other two were, have no idea, but I didn't get hung up on it because I had to do it for me.
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I was just living my truth.
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I was putting it out there.
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And I was living that every single day.
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It just set the sale.
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God has blessed me with an ability to communicate and to be creative through my communication and to synthesize something that I've taken from something and then not to bang the drum and say you should be like this and I'm not.
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No, I'm trying to get it right just like you are and I'm serving as an example as you should be too I never let the downloads stop me.
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They're not gonna stop me because this is something bigger than a download I don't care about that.
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Appreciate it, but I don't care about that.
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My life doesn't revolve around that My life revolves around Bringing a message.
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There's enough negative bullshit out there.
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You don't need any more of that.
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I just want to serve as an example of bro.
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Look at my history.
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I've gotten it wrong a lot, but I'm still trying to get it right every day.
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I just try to improve.
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I just keep living what I'm learning and I keep sharing that some days it works.
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Some days it doesn't, but that's part of the process, isn't it?
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I'm not trying to tell you how to live.
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I just show you what works for me.
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And that's all any of us can do, right?
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And that's why I'm sharing this today.
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I'm bringing this to you today because I feel an unction in my spirit that some of you that are listening are thinking about starting something, or maybe you were just about to start and you pulled your punch and you said, no, who am I a lot?
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You're a lot and you're serving as an example.
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So whether it be a podcast, a YouTube channel.
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A blog, an organization, whatever it is, man, start.
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You've hesitated because of your past.
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You've hesitated because of your imperfections and your doubts.
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Forget about all that.
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How liberating and freeing it is that the only thing you have to do is serve as an example, a living example.
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Look at how far you've come.
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Don't forget about that.
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Acknowledge your progress.
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Keep improving.
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That's leadership.
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It's really that simple.
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.358
1. Let's get it.
00:00:01.399 --> 00:00:02.189
This morning.
00:00:02.759 --> 00:00:13.390
I read from the Tao Te Ching and Dow is spelled Tao Te Ching . Well, I guess Tao Te Ching should be spelled that way.
00:00:14.048 --> 00:00:15.089
And it's number 58.
00:00:15.089 --> 00:00:17.939
And I really like reading this.
00:00:18.059 --> 00:00:22.048
Um, they're just, I mean, they're one page passages.
00:00:22.048 --> 00:00:31.454
And sometimes these messages that are there, some days I read it, I read out of it and I, You know, I just, all right, well, I read it for the day and I go on to something else.
00:00:31.454 --> 00:00:36.005
And then some days are one of those, wait, what did I just read kind of moments.
00:00:36.005 --> 00:00:37.664
And that was one of these today.
00:00:37.945 --> 00:00:47.094
And I've read this book several times and sometimes I'll have a bookmarked or highlighted, I didn't highlight anything on this in years past.
00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:48.100
I don't know.
00:00:48.100 --> 00:00:49.500
I just glazed right over it.
00:00:49.750 --> 00:00:52.189
And it's funny, this is why I like random reading.
00:00:53.250 --> 00:00:58.109
Reading something new every day is because you're in different seasons in your life.
00:00:58.575 --> 00:01:04.905
And just because you may have read something in years past doesn't mean that you really absorbed it.
00:01:04.924 --> 00:01:07.685
And today, this is what I absorbed.
00:01:07.694 --> 00:01:16.254
So let me read it to you first, and then what I'm going to do is I'm going to go back and, and unpack this or riff what it, what it actually means to me.
00:01:16.953 --> 00:01:17.814
Here's what it says.
00:01:17.844 --> 00:01:22.185
If a country is governed with tolerance, the people are comfortable and honest.
00:01:22.844 --> 00:01:27.155
If a country is governed with repression, the people are depressed.
00:01:27.655 --> 00:01:35.165
And crafty when the will to power is in charge, the higher the ideals, the lower the results.
00:01:35.775 --> 00:01:39.515
Try to make people happy and you lay the groundwork for misery.
00:01:39.905 --> 00:01:43.555
Try to make people moral and you lay the groundwork for vice.
00:01:43.674 --> 00:01:46.623
Thus the master, which is you.
00:01:46.644 --> 00:01:52.295
If when you master the, the, the data Ching, the, the, the Dow is the way.
00:01:52.545 --> 00:01:54.474
That's, that's basically what it means.
00:01:55.004 --> 00:02:00.295
And so when you're just living the way, it's a totally different concept.
00:02:00.305 --> 00:02:08.025
So thus the master, which is you, is content to serve as an example and not impose her will.
00:02:08.334 --> 00:02:16.935
She is pointed, but does not pierce, straightforward, but supple, radiant, but easy on the eyes.
00:02:17.500 --> 00:02:20.650
So let me unpack this a little bit and how I see it.
00:02:20.979 --> 00:02:24.060
And if you see it a little bit different way, man, I'd love to hear from you on this.
00:02:24.650 --> 00:02:25.930
So here's the thing.
00:02:25.990 --> 00:02:27.908
Leadership is often misunderstood.
00:02:28.329 --> 00:02:37.800
And people think that a leader has to be perfect, that they got to have everything figured out, but leadership isn't about control at all.
00:02:38.620 --> 00:02:43.680
It's not about forcing people to follow your standards, and it's not even about being right.
00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:51.729
Leadership is serving as an example, and this is where most people get stuck.
00:02:52.889 --> 00:02:57.560
They don't step up because who knows you better than you?
00:02:57.788 --> 00:02:59.278
You know all of your own flaws.
00:03:00.264 --> 00:03:12.794
You remember your mistakes, you remember all your missteps, your miscues, your misfires, all of your promises yet were broken, all of your commitments yet were shattered.
00:03:13.813 --> 00:03:16.724
You know, all of your failures, you know, all of your scars.
00:03:17.784 --> 00:03:24.664
And so the minute you start leading and leadership is just improving.
00:03:25.905 --> 00:03:28.884
The minute you start improving, you shrink back.
00:03:30.659 --> 00:03:35.069
And you discount yourself and you say, who am I to lead?
00:03:36.650 --> 00:03:43.099
But you gotta ask yourself this question, who better to help than the person you once were?
00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:45.439
That's what leadership is.
00:03:45.949 --> 00:03:47.750
Leadership is growth.
00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:50.419
Leadership is progress.
00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:53.750
It's a movement forward.
00:03:54.349 --> 00:03:58.129
And even if it's just you, you're still a leader.
00:03:58.754 --> 00:04:01.974
Because you're leading yourself to improvement.
00:04:03.264 --> 00:04:04.324
So have you screwed up?
00:04:04.884 --> 00:04:05.274
Good.
00:04:05.914 --> 00:04:08.463
That means that you've learned flawed.
00:04:08.745 --> 00:04:09.623
Yes, indeed.
00:04:09.965 --> 00:04:17.024
Welcome to the human race, but you've also made progress and you forget about that.
00:04:17.365 --> 00:04:25.723
You've led yourself out of who you once were and that alone sets the framework for others to actually follow.
00:04:26.624 --> 00:04:27.194
Leadership.
00:04:27.213 --> 00:04:29.384
Isn't about making other people follow you.
00:04:30.283 --> 00:04:32.244
It's about being an example.
00:04:33.043 --> 00:04:38.233
The Tao says the master is content to serve as an example.
00:04:39.103 --> 00:04:40.634
And here's what's freeing about this.
00:04:40.913 --> 00:04:46.124
When you're serving as an example, you don't have to live up to anyone else's standards.
00:04:46.473 --> 00:04:48.254
You don't have to fake perfection.
00:04:48.514 --> 00:04:50.584
You don't have to force anyone to change.
00:04:50.774 --> 00:04:52.543
You just live what you're learning.
00:04:53.213 --> 00:04:55.124
That's what my bio says on my Twitter.
00:04:55.194 --> 00:04:56.363
Living what I'm learning.
00:04:57.113 --> 00:04:59.673
Or X. Living what I'm learning.
00:04:59.764 --> 00:05:00.363
That's it.
00:05:01.853 --> 00:05:03.913
Back to the Tao pointed.
00:05:05.084 --> 00:05:06.134
but does not pierce.
00:05:06.444 --> 00:05:07.254
You're sharp.
00:05:07.653 --> 00:05:13.334
You have direction, but you don't stab others because they're not following your path.
00:05:13.374 --> 00:05:14.434
You don't even judge them.
00:05:14.744 --> 00:05:15.874
You're serving.
00:05:16.494 --> 00:05:17.435
As an example?
00:05:17.444 --> 00:05:21.293
Straightforward, but supple supple means flexible.
00:05:21.983 --> 00:05:27.314
So you're not saying one thing and then talking behind people's back and another.
00:05:27.673 --> 00:05:29.574
No, you're straightforward.
00:05:29.663 --> 00:05:37.245
You speak the truth with compassion, with love, but you're also flexible.
00:05:37.394 --> 00:05:38.165
You're not rigid.
00:05:38.654 --> 00:05:41.744
You can see things other people's way, even though you may not live that way.
00:05:41.774 --> 00:05:42.564
That's cool.
00:05:43.334 --> 00:05:44.105
That's your way.
00:05:44.404 --> 00:05:44.903
That's fine.
00:05:44.904 --> 00:05:48.514
I'm good with that because I'm serving as an example.
00:05:49.463 --> 00:05:50.954
I want to live my truth.
00:05:52.033 --> 00:05:53.064
It's as simple as that.
00:05:54.334 --> 00:05:55.374
You're radiant.
00:05:56.478 --> 00:05:57.699
But easy on the eyes.
00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:04.519
You carry strength, but not in a way that overpowers or pushes people away.
00:06:05.660 --> 00:06:07.009
You live what you're learning.
00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:07.949
That's it.
00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:09.850
That's what leadership is.
00:06:10.569 --> 00:06:11.810
Life is simple, man.
00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:12.798
It is.
00:06:13.038 --> 00:06:15.009
It's not easy, but it's simple.
00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:19.319
But we complicate things because we're trying to meet other people's expectations.
00:06:20.733 --> 00:06:31.454
Instead of being just who we are, serve as an example, serve as an example, even on the days when you fail, even on the days when you don't get it right.
00:06:31.875 --> 00:06:35.134
That's why I've never been hung up on podcast downloads.
00:06:35.603 --> 00:06:37.035
I've had moments of discouragement.
00:06:37.074 --> 00:06:37.944
Absolutely.
00:06:38.214 --> 00:06:42.444
You know what it's like to just pour your heart and soul and get like two downloads.
00:06:42.983 --> 00:06:53.983
Three, early on, man, back in 2017, man, I would get like three downloads, maybe four, two of them were for me listening on different platforms.
00:06:54.223 --> 00:07:02.464
I don't know who the other two were, have no idea, but I didn't get hung up on it because I had to do it for me.
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I was just living my truth.
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I was putting it out there.
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And I was living that every single day.
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It just set the sale.
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God has blessed me with an ability to communicate and to be creative through my communication and to synthesize something that I've taken from something and then not to bang the drum and say you should be like this and I'm not.
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No, I'm trying to get it right just like you are and I'm serving as an example as you should be too I never let the downloads stop me.
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They're not gonna stop me because this is something bigger than a download I don't care about that.
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Appreciate it, but I don't care about that.
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My life doesn't revolve around that My life revolves around Bringing a message.
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There's enough negative bullshit out there.
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You don't need any more of that.
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I just want to serve as an example of bro.
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Look at my history.
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I've gotten it wrong a lot, but I'm still trying to get it right every day.
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I just try to improve.
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I just keep living what I'm learning and I keep sharing that some days it works.
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Some days it doesn't, but that's part of the process, isn't it?
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I'm not trying to tell you how to live.
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I just show you what works for me.
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And that's all any of us can do, right?
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And that's why I'm sharing this today.
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I'm bringing this to you today because I feel an unction in my spirit that some of you that are listening are thinking about starting something, or maybe you were just about to start and you pulled your punch and you said, no, who am I a lot?
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You're a lot and you're serving as an example.
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So whether it be a podcast, a YouTube channel.
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A blog, an organization, whatever it is, man, start.
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You've hesitated because of your past.
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You've hesitated because of your imperfections and your doubts.
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Forget about all that.
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How liberating and freeing it is that the only thing you have to do is serve as an example, a living example.
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Look at how far you've come.
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Don't forget about that.
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Acknowledge your progress.
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Keep improving.
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That's leadership.
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It's really that simple.